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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



For the following table of the annual export of pil- 

 chards we are indebted to Messrs. Gr. C. Fox and Co., 

 of Falmouth ; it shows how great have been the fluctu- 

 ations in this particular trade — one mainly dependent 

 on the successful working of the sean-fishery : — 



The mackerel drift-fishery,^ as well as that for jdII- 

 chards, is very general on the Cornish coast, and the 

 finest boats from Newlyn and Mousehole, in Mount's 

 Bay, and other stations, are regularly employed in it 

 during several months in the year. These boats run 

 from 30 to 40 feet on the keel, with from 11 to 13 feet 

 beam ; they have a depth of 6 feet inside, and a good 

 keel. The larger ones are decked, and the others, 

 locally called " hatched boats," are partly decked, and 

 have a large hatchway which can be closed in when 

 necessary. They are all built with sharp sterns (Plate 

 YIIL), and are remarkable for their good sailing and 

 w^eatherly qualities. The lug-rig is universally adopted, 

 only two masts being carried — a foremast and a mizen, 

 the latter stepped well forward out of the way of the 



' Previous season's (isli. 

 '■^ Sen Drirf-tishing, p. rJ7. 



